Former NFL player Aaron Hernandez exchanged text messages with the man he is charged with murdering in the hours before the killing took place, according to cell phone records shown in court on Tuesday.

The settlement of a wrongful termination grievance reached in January between the Baltimore Ravens and running back Ray Rice was for $1.59 million, the Baltimore Sun reported on Tuesday, citing sources.

The sister of a man allegedly shot to
death by former New England Patriots
player Aaron Hernandez said on Monday
she saw her brother get into a car
outside their family's Boston home
shortly before he was killed.

Minnesota general manager Rick
Spielman said Monday morning that the
Vikings and running back Adrian
Peterson have been communicating since
last Thursday and the team will
continue to have "open dialogue" with
their embattled star.